memory card

noun

: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (such as a camera or cell phone)

But as these digital wonders continue to improve with higher megapixel capacities, digital shutterbugs find themselves having to buy larger-capacity flash memory cards to hold the bigger image files.

—Craig Crossman

Examples of memory card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During a shoot, production base camp is typically staffed with a skeleton crew: safety teams plus one or two producers who monitor participant progress, observe the weather, capture B-roll, and log footage from the memory cards swiped during medical checks. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 June 2024

Law enforcement will also help ensure that ballots and the memory cards holding ballot data make it to the central count location from the precincts. —Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024

How long the camera can keep firing at top speed depends on your choice of image format and memory card. —PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024

In the next three years, Berg made several trips to Russia, and mailed cash and memory cards to Natalya’s address. —Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

memory card

noun

: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (as a cell phone)